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1970 IFA Shield final

The 1970 IFA Shield Final was the 74th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giant East Bengal and Iranian giant PAS Tehran on 25 September 1970 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

1970 IFA Shield Final
Event1970 IFA Shield
East Bengal PAS Tehran
India Iran
1 0
Date25 September 1970
VenueEden Gardens, Kolkata, West Bengal
Man of the MatchSudhir Karmakar
Attendance60,000 (approx.)
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East Bengal won the final 1–0 to claim their 10th IFA Shield title. Parimal Dey scored in the last minute of the game.[1][2][3]

Route to the final edit

See also: IFA Shield

East Bengal edit

Date Round Opposition Score
15 September 1970 Third Round George Telegraph w/o
18 September 1970 Quarter-Final Eastern Railway 5–0
23 September 1970 Semi Final Mohammedan Sporting 1–0[a]

East Bengal entered the 1970 IFA Shield as one of the leading Kolkata giants and was supposed to start their campaign from the third round. They were supposed to face George Telegraph but they were handed a walkover and East Bengal progressed into the next round. In the quarter-finals, East Bengal defeated Eastern Railway 5–0 with Shyam Thapa scoring a brace and Samaresh Chowdhury, Syed Nayeemuddin and Mohammed Habib scoring for the team.[5] East Bengal faced Mohammedan Sporting in the semi-finals and were leading 1–0 courtesy of a goal from Mohammed Habib, but Mohammedan Sporting walked out of the game and conceded the match. The IFA announced East Bengal as the winners of the semi-final as they reached the final.[4]

PAS Tehran edit

Date Round Opposition Score
16 September 1970 Third Round Aryan 1–0
18 September 1970 Quarter-Final BNR 5–0
22 September 1970 Semi Final Mohun Bagan 2–0

PAS Tehran, the runners up of the 1969 Tehran Province League, the top tier of Iranian football, were invited by the IFA to participate in the 1970 IFA Shield tournament. They started their campaign in the third round, where they defeated Aryan 1–0 with Iran national team forward Asghar Sharafi scoring the only goal for the team. In the quarter-finals, PAS Tehran defeated BNR 5–0 with goals from Homayoun Shahrokhi, who scored twice while Jahangir Nassiri, Parviz Mirza-Hassan and Asghar Sharafi scored one each.[5] In the semi-final, PAS Tehran defeated Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan 2–0 with both the goals in the second half scored by Daud Ahmadzadeh and Asghar Sharifi as they reached the final.[6]

Match edit

Details edit

East Bengal  1–0  PAS Tehran
Parimal Dey   90' Report
Attendance: 60,000 (est.)
Referee: Ramakanta Ganguly (West Bengal)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
East Bengal
 
 
 
 
 
 
PAS Tehran
GK   Peter Thangaraj
RB   Sudhir Karmakar
CB   Syed Nayeemuddin
CB   Prasanta Sinha
LB   Santo Mitra (c)
CM   Kajal Mukherjee
CM   Samaresh Chowdhury   70'
RF   Swapan Sengupta
LF   Mohammed Habib   87'
ST   Ashok Chatterjee
ST   Shyam Thapa
Substitutes:
CM   Kalon Guha   70'
LF   Parimal Dey   87'
Coach:
  Mohammed Hussain
GK   Keyvan Niknafas
RB   Mohsen Houshangi
CB   Hassan Habibi (c)
CB   Majid Halvaei
LB   Hossein Kazerani
CM   Homayoun Shahrokhi
CM   Mohammad Sadeghi
LF   Mehdi Monajati   69'
RF   Jahangir Nassiri   80'
ST   Parviz Mirza-Hassan
ST   Asghar Sharafi
Substitutes:
MF   Daud Ahmadzadeh   69'
MF   Mohammad Ali Malkiyan   80'
Coach:
  Mehdi Asadollahi

Hero of the Match:
Sudhir Karmakar (East Bengal)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Mohammedan Sporting conceded the game.[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ UNI (26 September 1970). "East Bengal win IFA Shield with Dey's last-minute goal". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. ^ Banerjee, Ritabrata (1 October 2021). "Maidani Golpo: Asean Cup final to beating PAS Tehran - Five memorable results of East Bengal". Goal. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. ^ Chakraborty, Sabyasachi (29 April 2020). "THROWBACK: When East Bengal FC became the first Indian team to defeat a foreign opponent to win a trophy post Independence!". BADGEB. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b PTI (24 September 1970). "E. Bengal declared winners: IFA Shield". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b PTI (19 September 1970). "Iranians, E. Bengal breeze thro to semi-finals". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  6. ^ PTI (23 September 1970). "Mohun Bagan pay dearly for poor finish". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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